Wooden heel and method of making same



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WOODEN HEEL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed July 24, 1928 A Dwezdor:

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Patented July 2, 1929.

MELBURN A. GOMEA'U, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

WOODEN HEEL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

Application filed July 24,

This invention relates to turned wooden heels and the method of making the same,

the object of the invention being the production of a perfect heel in an economical man nor without loss of material.

This object is attained by the construct-ion of heels in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the inven- 1ov tion, one preferred form thereof is illustrated in the drawings, this form having been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described except as required by so the scope of the appended claims.

@f the drawings:

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a block from which may be turned a heel embodying the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 represents a plan of the top plate thereof formed of tough fiber.

Figure 3 represents a front elevation of the heel after the turning operation.

Figure 4: represents a vertical section of same on line 4, 4, on Fig. 3.

Figure 5 represents a plan of the same.

' Figure 6 represents a front elevation of the heel after being covered and ready to be secured to the sole of a shoe, and

Figure 7 represents a vertical section of same on line 7, 7, on Fig. 6..

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the draw in s. lfn the manufacture of French heels from wood the tendency is to chip the upper edges thereof during the turning operation and this is particularly true in the extreme type of high heels now in general use.

The result is that a great number of the heels are so imperfect that they must be discarded and this means not only a vast waste of material but also the loss of time of the operators.

This waste and loss materially adds to the cost of those heels which are properly turned and usable.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a simple but effective method 1 whereby nearly all, if not all, of this waste 1928. Serial No. 295,077.

r of materials and loss of time may be entirely obviated.

To attain this result the usual block 10 of wood from which the heel is to be formed is provided with a flat upper face 11 from which extends upwardly the central projection 12.

A plate 13 of tough fiber is then provided with an opening 14 therethrough to receive and accurately fit said projection 12 with its under face contacting with the upper face 11 of the block 10. v

This plate 13 is secured to the block 10 by glue or similar means and the side walls of the projection 12 coacting with the wall "0 of the opening 14 prevents effectually any side play of the plate 13 relatively to said block 10 and thereby resists all strain thereon during the turning operation.

When theplate 13 has been secured firmly to the block 10 said block and plate can be turned to the required shape and as there is no grain to the fiber plate there is no danger if tiny chipping of the sharp edges 15 of the ee I As a consequence practically all of the heels will be turned out without loss of time or waste of material.

The turned block 10 with its plate 13 is then placed in a shaping machine and the concavity 16 is formed in the upper face of the projection 12 and plate 13, this concavity being shaped to fit the sole of the shoe to which said heel is to be applied.

When the heel is completed to this extent, its sides are covered by a unitary sheet of leather 17, with flaps 18 extending over the top of the plate 13, over the front face of the heel and under the bottom of the heel.

A metal plate 19, preferably aluminum, is secured to the bottom of the heel under which may be secured a leather lift 20.

By having the projection 12 extending clear through the opening 1 1 in plate 13 means is provided whereby the nails for securing the 100 heel to the shoe may be .driven directly into the wood.

As the nails are driven they cannot split the wood as the contact of the walls of the projection 12 with the walls of the opening 14 in 105 the plate 13 eifectually prevents this.

It is obvious that/chipped heels of wood turned under normal conditions may be used in'carrying out the invention byremoving V the chipped edges forming the projection 12, 11

securing the plate 13 thereto and then returning the heel.

It is believed that the invention and many advantages of the same will be understood clearly without further description.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim: a

1. A turned heel having a body portion of wood provided at the top with a lift of tough fiber secured thereto.

2. A turned heel having a body portion of Wood provided at the top with an upward projection and a top lift of tough fiber secured to said top and surrounding said projection.

3. A turned heel having a body portion of wood provided at the top with an upward projection andhaving a top lift of tough fiber secured to said top and surrounding said pro jection, the upper faces of said lift and projection being concaved.

/ 4. A turned heel having a body portion of Wood provided at the top with an upward central projection and having a top lift of difforent material secured to said top and surrounding said projection, said top lift and projection having a concaved upper face.

5. A turned heel having a body portion of wood provided with a top lift of tough ma terial secured thereto, said top lift and body portion having a unitary covering extending over the outer side faces of both said body portion and top lift.

6. The method of making wooden heelsconsisting in forming a projection on the upper end of a block; fitting over said projection a plate of tough fiber and securing it to said block, and then simultaneously turning said block and plate to the required shape.

7. The method of making wooden heels consisting in forming a projection on the upper end of a block, fitting over said projection a plate of tough fiber and securing it to said block, then simultaneously turning said block and plate to the required shape, and then con caving the upper faces of said projection and surrounding plate.

8. The method of making wooden heels consisting in forming a projection on the upper end of a block, fitting over said projection a plate of tough fiber and securing it to said block, then simultaneously turning said block and plate to the required shape, then concaving the upper faces of said projection and surrounding plate, and then applying a unitary covering to the sides of said block and plate.

9. The method of making wooden heels consisting of securing to the upper end of a block a plate of tough fiber, and then simultaneously turning said block and plate to the required shape.

10. The method of making wooden heels consisting of securing to the upper end of a block a plate of tough fiber, then simultaneously turning said block and plate to the required shape, and finally concaving the upper end of the turned heel.

Signed by me at Haverhill, Massachusetts. this 29th day of June, 1928.

MELBURN A. COMEAU. 

